About block 969,596
Bitcoin block 969,596 was mined by F2Pool on October 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTC, 6 min 40 s after block 969,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,567 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 969,596 is number 1,917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 99 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,404 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.